The 2020 blu-rays should look like the Disney+ SDR right? Here’s a few comparrissons I found featuring those. Though only in 720p.
The blu-ray.com reviews is the only place I’ve seen screenshots from the blu-rays though. I think it defenetly looks like an improvment over 2011.
Now I’m confused. The digital bits article claimes both that it was scanned at 4K and that the film has a new color grade. And the say they’re getting their infromation from disney insiders.
Are they just lying?
Does anyone have an image gallery or video that more accurately dislpays the color? We’re not getting the 4K discs here in Finland untill May the 4th so I haven’t seen them yet.
This is the deleted wipe. It was restored for the blu-ray. It’s the only change on the dvd version from the theatrical.
And the colors look different too. Look at this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-qx5aIXfng
From the review of the new release on thedigitalbits.com
"The production history of The Phantom Menace is a complex one. It was shot mostly on 35 mm photochemical film using Arriflex cameras and Hawk C-Series anamorphic lenses (for an intended aspect ratio of 2.39:1), though it was also one of the first features to utilize footage captured digitally in HDCAM as well (at 1080/24p using the Sony HDC-750—the new Panavision lenses this camera required weren’t ready for principle photography, but were available for re-shoots and second unit photography). Post production was done shot by shot, with original camera negative copied to an interpositive and then to internegative. Footage requiring VFX was scanned at 2K, with VFX produced digitally at sub-2K resolution (state-of-the-art at that time), and the finished shots were printed back out to internegative. The HDCAM footage was likewise printed to internegative. All of this film was then physically edited into a final cut negative, from which a properly color-timed interpositive was created (essentially the finished master element, though an early “Digital Intermediate” was made for pioneering exhibition in theaters by Texas Instruments—presumably a 2K scan of the interpositive). For the film’s original DVD release in 2001, that interpositive was scanned in 10-bit 2K by Lowry Digital, resulting in the creation of a 2K Digital Intermediate (complete with digital VFX tweaks and a color grade supervised by Lucas). This source was used again for the 2011 Blu-ray release, though with a bit more Lowry Digital remastering (and still more digital VFX and color timing tweaks).
For The Phantom Meance’s 3D theatrical release—and to protect Disney’s investment following the studio’s purchase of the Star Wars franchise in 2012—the cut negative (with VFX film-outs) was scanned again in 16-bit 4K by Reliance MediaWorks (formerly Lowry Digital). Lucas once again took the opportunity to tweak the VFX and color timing, resulting in the creation of a new 4K Digital Intermediate. This Ultra HD release (and the recent Disney+ version) was mastered from the 4K DI, with additional color grading for high dynamic range (only HDR10 is available on the disc, but Dolby Vision is available on the Digital version)."
The OT seems to have gotten a slightly wider aspect ratio with the D+ version.
Looking at these screenshots it seems to be a case of cropping. The D+ version has less picture at the top and bottom: http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/DYLPLNNX
On this one there seems to be more picture on the sides though:
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/J1B2FNNU
Intressting.
Hi, anyone else get this error when muxing 4K83 in tsMuxerGUI?
“Reading buffer overflow. Possible container streams are not syncronized. Please, verify stream fps.”
Anyone know how to solve it?
Yeh you can still see the ROTJ gallery if you follow the link Harmy put out on the facebook page. But I couldn’t find the Star Wars or Empire gallery.
Tried that program. Pretty great.
Could I get a link to that?
The comparrison image galley no longer works.
I believe subtle audio changes were made to the other two films in 1993 but don’t quote me on that. Nothing visual as far as I know was changed with the last two films.
As far as I can tell: Aside from one missig sound effect in Empire, no. Unless you take into account the teathrical mono mix for Empire which had some different content but with Jedi at least I don’t think there were any changes done before 97.
Ah, ok. Thank you.
On the dvd’s and blu-rays the first 6 films have translated crawls.
I’ve only ever seen the movies on dvd and blu-ray so I’m wondering is the films, when shown in theaters in Sweeden, also have the crawl in Sweedish. Did Sweeden also get a re-release after Empire with the subtitle added? What abut the special editon in 97? Was that in theaters?
Woa. Cool!
I noticed the show AMC Visionaries: James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction in it’s second episode, when showing clips from Star Wars doesn’t seem to use footage from the most recent version of Star Wars. I’m wondering if anyone here has been able to deduce what the video scource was. Was it the GOUT?
Intressting.
I tought all those changes were changes made for the dvd. Where are you getting this information from?
Attack of the Clones was shot digially.
You’re missing the point. The 35mm release print is not the same as the digital release version.
Really? They are different? I mean obviusly I realize 35mm prints would have had to be made. Not every teather had digital projection in 2002 after all but I thought it was exactly the same as the digital version.
Attack of the Clones was shot digially.
Hi, watched Empire revisited today. Very impressed. I’m curious: How did you make the Hoth scenes so much clearer?
Ah ok. I’ll give it a shot.
How do I get acsess to myspleen? I know there’s an invite request tread but are they still handing out invites?
I allready have Empire. I’m looking for ANH.
Is there anywhere I can get these exept usenet?
Ah, ok. Thanks.
